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              COST Action CM1201: Biomimetic Radical
                            Chemistry
                   Inter-Working Group Meeting
                            WG2/WG4

                     Carton House, Co. Kildare
                        23rd – 25th July 2015
       	
  
                                                       	
  
WG2/WG4 COST Action CM1201: Biomimetic Radical Chemistry - Inter-Working Group Meeting Carton House, Co. Kildare 23rd - 25th July 2015
                                                                  	
                                     CM1201	
  WG2/WG4
	
                                                                                                                         	
  
Welcome	
  

Dear	
  Colleagues,	
  
	
  
It	
  is	
  my	
  great	
  pleasure	
  to	
  welcome	
  you	
  all	
  to	
  CM1201:	
  Biomimetic	
  Radical	
  Chemistry	
  
Inter-­‐Working	
  Group	
  2	
  &	
  4	
  Meeting	
  at	
  Carton	
  House,	
  Kildare,	
  Ireland.	
  On	
  behalf	
  of	
  
the	
   Chair	
   of	
   the	
   Action,	
   Dr.	
   Chryssostomos	
   Chatgilialoglu,	
   Dublin	
   City	
   University,	
   and	
  
the	
   other	
   local	
   organisers	
   from	
   NUI	
   Maynooth	
   and	
   the	
   Institute	
   of	
   Technology	
  
Tallaght,	
   Dublin,	
   we	
   hope	
   you	
   all	
   have	
   an	
   enjoyable	
   and	
   productive	
   stay	
   here	
   in	
  
Ireland.	
  	
  
	
  
We	
  are	
  delighted	
  to	
  have	
  so	
  many	
  of	
  you	
  attend	
  this	
  meeting	
  and	
  the	
  programme	
  
promises	
  to	
  deliver	
  high	
  quality	
  scientific	
  talks	
  and	
  discussion	
  in	
  the	
  areas	
  of	
  Radical-­‐
Induced	
  DNA	
  Damage	
  and	
  Bio-­‐Inspired	
  Synthetic	
  Strategies.	
  In	
  conjunction	
  with	
  our	
  
COST	
  CM1201	
  network,	
  we	
  are	
  delighted	
  to	
  welcome	
  Investigators	
  from	
  the	
  Marie	
  
Skłodowska-­‐Curie	
   Innovative	
   Training	
   Network	
   (ITN)	
   ClickGene:	
   Click	
   Chemistry	
   for	
  
Future	
   Gene	
   Therapies	
   to	
   Benefit	
   Citizens,	
   Researchers	
   and	
   Industry.	
   This	
   meeting	
   is	
  
therefore	
   an	
   excellent	
   opportunity	
   to	
   showcase	
   how	
   European	
   Cooperation	
   in	
  
Science	
  and	
  Technology	
  (COST)	
  can	
  bring	
  together	
  researchers	
  within	
  a	
  diversity	
  of	
  
chemistry-­‐related	
  fields	
  to	
  produce	
  new,	
  and	
  exciting,	
  collaborative	
  opportunities.	
  	
  	
  
	
  
I	
   would	
   like	
   to	
   thank	
   COST	
   Action	
   CM1201,	
   the	
   ClickGene	
   Network	
   funded	
   under	
  
Horizon	
   2020,	
   baseclick	
   GmbH	
   (DE),	
   ATDbio	
   Ltd	
   (UK),	
   and	
   LipiNutraGen	
   srl	
   (IT)	
   for	
  
their	
  kind	
  sponsorship	
  and	
  participation	
  at	
  this	
  event.	
  
	
  
I	
  wish	
  you	
  all	
  a	
  successful	
  meeting	
  and	
  pleasant	
  stay	
  in	
  Kildare.	
  
	
  
Andrew	
  Kellett	
  
On	
  behalf	
  of	
  the	
  Organising	
  Committee.	
  	
  
	
  	
  	
  

	
                                            	
  

	
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WG2/WG4 COST Action CM1201: Biomimetic Radical Chemistry - Inter-Working Group Meeting Carton House, Co. Kildare 23rd - 25th July 2015
                                                              	
                         CM1201	
  WG2/WG4
	
                                                                                                         	
  
Organising	
  Committee	
  

Dr.	
  Andrew	
  Kellett,	
  Dublin	
  City	
  University	
  
Miss	
  Zara	
  Molphy,	
  Dublin	
  City	
  University	
  
Miss	
  Creina	
  Slator,	
  Dublin	
  City	
  University	
  
Dr.	
  Malachy	
  McCann,	
  NUI	
  Maynooth	
  
Dr.	
  Bernie	
  Creaven,	
  Institute	
  of	
  Technology	
  Tallaght,	
  Dublin	
  	
  

                                                 www.clickgene.eu	
  
                                                         	
  
                                                 www.baseclick.eu	
  
                           	
  
                                                 www.atdbio.com	
  
                    	
  
                                               www.lipinutragen.it	
  

                                                     www.dcu.ie

	
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WG2/WG4 COST Action CM1201: Biomimetic Radical Chemistry - Inter-Working Group Meeting Carton House, Co. Kildare 23rd - 25th July 2015
Scientific	
  Programme	
  

	
                                   Thursday	
  23rd/7	
       Friday	
  24th/7	
                  Saturday	
  25th/7	
  
         8:00	
  –	
  8:45	
         Registration	
             	
                                  	
  
         8:45	
  –	
  9:00	
         Introductory	
             	
                                  	
  
                                     remarks	
  
               Chair	
               C.	
  Chatgilialoglu	
     C.	
  Ferreri	
                     B.	
  Creaven	
  
            9:00	
  –	
  9:45	
      T.	
  Carell	
  	
         T.	
  Brown	
                       H.	
  Zipse	
  
           9:45	
  –	
  10:15	
      A.	
  Monari	
             P.	
  Trouillas	
                   F.	
  Denes	
  	
  
         10:15	
  –	
  10:45	
       J.	
  Rak	
                S.	
  Sasson	
                      A.	
  Prisecaru	
  
         10:45	
  –	
  11:15	
       Coffee	
                   Coffee	
  	
                        Coffee	
  
               Chair	
               B.	
  Golding	
            M.	
  McCann	
                      A.Kellett	
  
         11:15	
  –	
  11:45	
       M.	
  Bietti	
             C.	
  Ollivier	
                    C.	
  Ferreri	
  
         11:45	
  –	
  12:15	
       A.	
  Martín	
             A.	
  Masi	
                        M.	
  McCann	
  
         12:15	
  –	
  12:45	
       E.I.	
  Saygili	
          D.	
  H.	
  Guerra	
                Closing	
  remarks	
  
         12:45	
  –	
  14:30	
       Lunch	
                    Lunch	
                             Lunch	
  
               Chair	
               J-­‐L.	
  Ravanat	
        U.	
  Jahn	
  
                                                                                                      Working	
  group	
  
         14:30	
  –	
  15:15	
       M.	
  Dizdaroglu	
         B.	
  Golding	
  
                                                                                                      discussions	
  and	
  
         15:15	
  –	
  15:45	
       A.	
  Georgakilas	
        J.	
  Kaizer	
  
                                                                                                      STSM	
  planning	
  
         15:45	
  –	
  16:15	
       Coffee	
                   Coffee	
  
               Chair	
               K.	
  Nolan	
              S.	
  Sasson	
  
                                                                                                                	
  
         16:15	
  –	
  17:00	
       U.	
  Jahn	
               J-­‐L.	
  Ravanat	
  
       	
  17:00	
  –	
  17:30	
     J.M.	
  Kelly	
            Z.Molphy	
  /	
  C.Slator	
  
                    -­‐	
            	
                         	
  
                                                                                                    Conference	
  event	
  
         18:30	
  –	
  21:00	
       	
                                 Walking	
  tour	
  of	
  
                                                                                                       and	
  dinner	
  
                                                                      Carton	
  House	
  and	
  
                                                                            Maynooth	
  

	
                                              	
  

                                                                                                                        	
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WG2/WG4 COST Action CM1201: Biomimetic Radical Chemistry - Inter-Working Group Meeting Carton House, Co. Kildare 23rd - 25th July 2015
                                                                  	
                                    CM1201	
  WG2/WG4
	
                                                                                                                        	
  
List	
  of	
  Abstracts	
  
First	
  Name	
   Surname	
             Title	
  
Thursday	
  23rd/7	
  
Thomas	
          Carell	
         DNA	
  Bases	
  (hmC	
  fC,	
  caC)	
  Beyond	
  Watson	
  and	
  Crick	
  
Antonio	
         Monari	
         Modeling	
  DNA	
  Under	
  External	
  Stress:	
  Photosensitization	
  and	
  
                                   Oxidation	
  
Janusz	
            Rak	
          Two	
  Shades	
  of	
  5-­‐Thiocyanto-­‐2’-­‐Deoxyuridine	
  Toxicity	
  Induced	
  by	
  
                                   Electrons.	
  ESR,	
  Photoelectron	
  Spectroscopy	
  and	
  DFT	
  Studies	
  	
  
Massimo	
           Bietti	
       Hydrogen	
  atom	
  transfer	
  from	
  cyclohexanes	
  and	
  decalins	
  to	
  
                                   alkoxyl	
  radicals.	
  The	
  role	
  of	
  structural	
  effects	
  on	
  the	
  equatorial	
  
                                   vs	
  axial	
  C−H	
  bond	
  reactivity	
  
Ángeles	
           Martín	
       Cyclodextrins	
  and	
  Radical	
  Chemistry:	
  a	
  Successful	
  Match	
  
E.İlker	
           Saygili	
      Myeloperoxidase	
  In	
  Chronic	
  Lymphocytic	
  Leukemia	
  and	
  Multiple	
  
                                   Myeloma	
  
Miral	
             Dizdaroglu	
   Free	
  Radical	
  Damage	
  to	
  DNA:	
  Mechanisms	
  and	
  Measurement	
  	
  
Alexandros	
   Georgakilas	
   Mechanisms	
  of	
  response	
  to	
  ionizing	
  radiation	
  from	
  bacteria	
  to	
  
G.	
                               humans:	
  A	
  holistic	
  approach	
  	
  
Ullrich	
           Jahn	
         Toward	
  the	
  Total	
  Synthesis	
  of	
  Diketopiperazine	
  Alkaloids	
  Using	
  
                                   the	
  Persistent	
  Radical	
  Effect	
  
John	
  M.	
        Kelly	
        Transient	
  spectroscopic	
  studies	
  of	
  enantiomerically-­‐resolved	
  
                                   intercalating	
  photo-­‐oxidising	
  ruthenium	
  dipyridophenazine	
  
                                   (dppz)	
  complexes	
  bound	
  to	
  defined	
  sequence	
  DNA	
  
               th
Friday	
  24 /7	
  
Tom	
               Brown	
        Click	
  nucleic	
  acid	
  ligation:	
  Chemistry	
  and	
  applications	
  	
  
Patrick	
           Trouillas	
    Understanding	
  antioxidant	
  properties	
  of	
  natural	
  
                                   compounds	
  (polyphenols)	
  at	
  an	
  atomistic-­‐scale	
  
Shlomo	
            Sasson	
       Cell-­‐based	
  and	
  kinetic	
  analyses	
  of	
  the	
  modulation	
  of	
  the	
  intrinsic	
  
                                   activity	
  of	
  glucose	
  transporter-­‐4	
  by	
  the	
  non-­‐metabolisbale	
  
                                   glucose	
  analogue	
  3-­‐O-­‐methyl-­‐D-­‐glucose	
  
Cyril	
             Ollivier	
     Recent	
  Advances	
  in	
  Visible-­‐Light	
  Photoredox	
  Catalysis	
  
                                   From	
  Organic	
  Synthesis	
  to	
  Polymer	
  Chemistry	
  
Annalisa	
          Masi	
         Diastereomeric	
  5ʹ′,8-­‐cyclo-­‐2ʹ′-­‐deoxypurines:	
  brief	
  overview	
  of	
  
                                   synthetic	
  strategies,	
  modeling	
  and	
  in	
  vitro	
  biological	
  activity	
  	
  
Daniel	
            Guerra	
       Direct	
  Intermolecular	
  C-­‐H	
  Amination	
  of	
  Ethers	
  with	
  Nonaflyl	
  
                                   Azide	
  
Bernard	
  T.	
   Golding	
        Using	
  All	
  the	
  Isotopes	
  of	
  Hydrogen	
  to	
  Probe	
  Mechanisms	
  of	
  
                                   Radical	
  Enzymes	
  
József	
            Kaizer	
       Functional	
  ribonucleotide	
  reductase	
  and	
  methane	
  
                                   monooxygenase	
  models	
  
Jean-­‐Luc	
        Ravanat	
      A	
  brief	
  history	
  of	
  the	
  oxidative	
  DNA	
  lesion	
  8-­‐oxodGuo	
  
Zara/	
             Molphy/	
      DNA	
  Oxidation	
  Profiles	
  of	
  Copper	
  Phenanthrene	
  Chemical	
  
Creina	
            Slator	
       Nucleases	
  
Saturday	
  25th/7	
  
Hendrick	
          Zipse	
        Hydrocarbon	
  (Aut)Oxidation	
  -­‐	
  Theoretical	
  Aspects	
  
Fabrice	
           Dénès	
        Biologically	
  active	
  natural	
  products	
  as	
  a	
  source	
  of	
  inspiration	
  for	
  
                                   the	
  development	
  of	
  new	
  synthetic	
  methods	
  in	
  radical	
  chemistry:	
  	
  
                                   The	
  use	
  of	
  intramolecular	
  hydrogen	
  shifts	
  in	
  vinyl	
  radicals	
  	
  
Andreea	
           Prisecaru	
    Protein	
  Engineering	
  with	
  Artificial	
  Chemical	
  Nucleases	
  
Carla	
             Ferreri	
      Cell	
  Membranes	
  and	
  Antitumoral	
  Activity:	
  The	
  Bleomycin	
  Model	
  
Malachy	
           McCann	
       PHENomenal	
  	
  PHENanthrolines	
  	
  	
  

	
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WG2/WG4 COST Action CM1201: Biomimetic Radical Chemistry - Inter-Working Group Meeting Carton House, Co. Kildare 23rd - 25th July 2015
                                                   	
                           CM1201	
  WG2/WG4	
            	
  

             DNA Bases (hmC fC, caC) Beyond Watson and Crick
                                                    T. Carell
       Center for Integrative Protein Science at the Department of Chemistry, Ludwig Maximilians University,
               Munich, Butenandtstr. 5-13, 81377; e-mail: thomas.carell@lmu.de; www.carellgroup.de

Epigenetic information is stored in the form of modified bases in the genome. The positions
and the kind of the base modifications determines the identity of the corresponding cell.
Setting and erasing of epigenetic imprints controls the complete development process
starting from an omnipotent stem cells and ending with an adult specialized cell. I am going
to discuss the latest results related to the function and distribution of the epigenetic marker
bases 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (hmC), 5-formylcytosine (fC), 5-carboxycytosine (caC) and
5-hydroxymethyluracil.1 These nucleobases control epigenetic programming of stem cells
and some of these bases are also detected at relatively high levels in brain tissues. Synthetic
routes to these new bases will be discussed that enable today preparation of
oligonucleotides containing the new bases. The second part of the lecture will cover mass
spectroscopic approaches to decipher the biological functions of the epigenetic bases.2 In
particular, quantitative mass spectrometry, new covalent-capture proteomics mass
spectrometry and isotope tracing techniques will be discussed, which allow us to unravel the
chemistry in stem cells and the protein networks that are controlled by epigenetic
modifications.

       References

[1] Perera, D. Eisen, M. Wagner, S. K. Laube, A. F. Künzel, S. Koch, J. Steinbacher, E. Schulze, V. Splith, N.
    Mittermeier, M. Müller, M. Biel, T. Carell, S. Michalakis Cell Rep. 2015 , 11, 1-12 TET3 Is Recruited by
    REST for Context-Specific Hydroxymethylation and Induction of Gene Expression
[2] C.G. Spruijt, F. Gnerlich, A.H. Smits, T. Pfaffeneder, P.W.T.C. Jansen, C. Bauer, M. Münzel, M. Wagner,
    M. Müller, F. Khan, H.C. Eberl, A. Mensinga, A.B. Brinkman, K. Lephikov, U. Müller, J. Walter, R.
    Boelens, H. van Ingen, H. Leonhardt, T. Carell∗, M. Vermeulen∗Cell. 2013, 152, 1146-59. Dynamic readers
    for 5-(hydroxy)methylcytosine and its oxidized derivatives

	
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                                                                        CM1201	
  WG2/WG4	
                	
  

          Modeling DNA Under External Stress: Photosensitization and
                                Oxidation
                                                   Antonio Monaria
                       a) Université de Lorraine and CNRS, Theory-Modeling-Simulation, SRMS, France

       Cells and biological molecules are constantly exposed to the UV/vis radiations or reactive
       oxygen species. This situation generates an important stress involving both complex
       photochemical pathways and ground state reaction. The fine comprehension of these rather
       complicated chemical mechanisms is necessary to rationalize phenomena related to aging and
       to many diseases such as cancers.
       The effects of the UV/vis radiation can be expanded by photosensitization, i.e. by the
       interaction of biological macromolecules with organic or organometallic chromophores that
       absorb light at relatively long wavelengths. Subsequently, the excited chromophore can
       induce electron- or energy-transfer to the macromolecule, leading to its degradattion, or favor
       the production of free radical and triplet oxygen.
       In this talk we will analyze the interaction of different sensitizers with DNA also comprising
       artificial nucleobases; multiscale molecular modeling will give us a better understanding of
       the DNA/photosensitizers aggregates properties and structure. Hybrid QM/MM methods will
       provide a detailed description of the modification induced by the environment on the
       photophysical and photochemical properties of different chromophores, and will give access
       to the energetic profiles related to the lesions’ induction. We will consider both the structural
       and dynamical effects, in particular concerning the characterization of the sensitizer/DNA
       aggregate, and the evolution of the excited states landscapes leading to sensitization. Energy-
       and electron-transfer phenomena will be particularly considered together with the tuning of
       the complex environment.
       Moreover we will illustrate how modeling can enlighten the mechanism behind the oxidation
       of guanine nucleobases in presence of singlet oxygen, and in particular explaining the
       experimental observed high selectivity.
                                                                                                                                                             1T
                                                                                  A) Double inserted mode
                                                                              5

                                                                                                                                                                    1.34 Å

                                                                              4                                                                                    3BP
                                                                Energy (eV)

                                                                                                                                                       ξ=0        τ=30.1°
                                                                              3

                                                                                                    0.09 eV                                0.74 eV           3T

                                                                                  DEDS
                                                                              2
                                                                                  0      0.125   0.25    0.375     0.5    0.625     0.75   0.875   1

                                                                                                        Interpolation coordinate
                                                                                                                                                                    1BP

                                                                                                                                                                     τ=38.5°

                                                                                                                                                       ξ=1
          References

       [1] Monari A. et al. Acc. Chem. Res. 2013 46, 596                                                                                                          1.49 Å
       [2] Very T. et al. Chem. Eur. J. 2014 20, 12901 (2014)                                                                                                     (1.34)
                                                                                                                                                                               1.42 Å
       [3] Dumont E., Monari A. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2013 4, 4119                                                                                                              (1.46)

       [4] Dumont E. et al. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2015 6, 576      Natural transition orbitals for T1
       [5] Bignon E. et al. Chem. Eur. J. 2015 in press
       [6] Bignon E. et al. J. Am.Chem. Soc. 2015 submitted
                                                                                                                                                                      	
  
	
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WG2/WG4 COST Action CM1201: Biomimetic Radical Chemistry - Inter-Working Group Meeting Carton House, Co. Kildare 23rd - 25th July 2015
                                                    	
                           CM1201	
  WG2/WG4	
             	
  

 Two Shades of 5-Thiocyanto-2’-Deoxyuridine Toxicity Induced by
  Electrons. ESR, Photoelectron Spectroscopy and DFT Studies
        Janusz Rak,a Magdalena Zdrowowicz,a Lidia Chomicz,a Michał Żyndul,a Paweł Wityk,a
       Franciszek Kasprzykowski,a Tyler J. Wiegand, Cameron G. Hanson,b Amitava Adhikary,b
               Michael D. Sevilla,b Angela Buonaugurio,c Yi Wang,c and Kit H. Bowenc
       a) Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland; b) Department of
        Chemistry, Oakland University, Rochester, MI 48309, USA; c) Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins
                         University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA; e-mail: janusz.rak@ug.edu.pl

Incorporated into genomic DNA, 5-substituted uracils could be employed in human cancer
radiotherapy if they could be sensitized to dissociate upon reaction with electrons in water.
We demonstrated that for a uracil analogue to be an efficient electron acceptor the uracil
substituent had to possess significant electron-withdrawing power. On the other hand, in order
to assure effective dissociation of the anion, the chemical bond holding together the
substituent and uracil residue should be relatively weak. DFT modeling along with negative
ion photoelectron spectroscopy enabled 5-thiocyanatouracil, a derivative that has not been
tested so far, to be selected out of a number of uracil derivatives as a new, potential
radiosensitizer.1 ESR spectra in γ-irradiated nitrogen-saturated frozen aqueous solutions of 5-
thiocyanato-2′-deoxyuridine (SCNdU) showed that electron-induced S-CN bond cleavage
occurred to form a thiyl radical.2 Furthermore, HPLC and LC-MS/MS studies of γ-irradiated
N2-saturated aqueous solutions of SCNdU in presence of an OH-radical scavenger at ambient
temperature showed formation of the dU-5S-5S-dU dimer in preference to 2’-deoxyuridine by
about 10 to 1 ratio.2 These together with DFT calculations, suggesting the dU-5-S• and CN¯
formation is thermodynamically favored by over 15 kcal/mol (∆G) to dU• and SCN¯
production, show both possible routes of electron-induced bond cleavage to be operative.
Thus, our studies establish SCNdU as a potential radiosensitizer that could cause intra- and
interstrand crosslinking as well as DNA-protein crosslinking via S-S dimer formation.

Acknowledgements. This work was supported by the Polish National Science Centre (NCN),
Grant No. 2012/07/N/ST5/01877 (MZ), the National Institutes of Health, Grant No.
RO1CA045424 (MDS), and the National Science Foundation, Grant No. CHE-1111693
(KHB).

       References

[1] Chomicz, L.; Zdrowowicz, M.; Kasprzykowski, F.; Rak, J.; Buonaugurio, A.; Wang, Y. Bowen, K. H. J.
    Phys. Chem. Lett. 2013, 4, 2853.
[2] Zdrowowicz, M.; Chomicz, L.; Żyndul, M.; Wityk, P.; Rak, J.; Wiegand, T. J.; Hanson, C. G.; Adhikary, A.;
    Sevilla, M. D. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015, accepted.

	
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     Hydrogen atom transfer from cyclohexanes and decalins to
  alkoxyl radicals. The role of structural effects on the equatorial vs
                      axial C−H bond reactivity
                               Massimo Bietti, Michela Salamone and Vanesa B. Ortega
                        Dipartimento	
  di	
  Scienze	
  e	
  Tecnologie	
  Chimiche,	
  Università	
  "Tor	
  Vergata",	
  
                          Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 1 00133 Roma; e-mail: bietti@uniroma2.it

Hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) reactions play a key role in a variety of important chemical
and biological processes such as lipid peroxidation, the oxidative damage to biomolecules and
polymers, the antioxidant activity of natural and synthetic radical scavenging antioxidants, the
degradation of volatile organic compounds, as well as in an increasing number of
synthetically useful C−H functionalization procedures. Among the radicals involved in these
processes, alkoxyl radicals have received considerable attention, and cumyloxyl
(PhC(CH3)2O , CumO ) has emerged as a very convenient radical for the study of these
                    •               •

reactions. CumO can be easily generated by photolysis of commercially available dicumyl
                           •

peroxide and is characterized by an absorption band in the visible region of the spectrum and
a lifetime that allow the direct measurement of rate constants for HAT from a large variety of
substrates by means of the laser flash photolysis technique.

In this framework, we have recently carried out a detailed time-resolved kinetic studies on
HAT from the C−H bonds of cycloalkanes to CumO .1 The role of structural effects on the
                                                                                     •

reactivity and selectivity patterns observed in these reactions will be discussed, emphasizing
in particular the role played by release of 1,3-diaxial strain and by torsional strain on the HAT
reactivity of tertiary axial and equatorial C−H bonds of cyclohexanes and decalins.

       References

[1] Salamone, M.; Ortega, V. B.; Bietti, M. J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 4710.

	
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              Cyclodextrins and Radical Chemistry: a Successful Match
                    Ángeles Martín, Dimitri Álvarez-Dorta, Elisa I. León, Inés Pérez-Martín
                                             and Ernesto Suárez
             Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología del CSIC, Avenida Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez 3,
                            38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain; e-mail: angelesmartin@ipna.csic.es

       Nowadays there is a great interest to design new drug carrier systems for their applications in
       medical research for the treatment of a wide variety of diseases. In this sense, cyclodextrins
       (CDs) are considered potentially nanocarriers because of their ability to encapsulate
       biomolecules in their internal cavity.1 Thus, an important effort to modify and improve their
       chemophysical properties have been made. However, selective modifications in these
       macrostructures are not easy to carry out due to the torus shape and the large number of
       hydroxyl groups.2

       Based on our previous studies related with the intramolecular 1,8-hydrogen atom transfer
       (1,8-HAT) reactions in Hexp-(1→4)-Hexp disaccharides systems (e.g., -maltose),3 we
       wondered whether this radical protocol might be suitably deployed in more complex
       carbohydrate systems such as CDs where the glucose units are linked in similar fashion.

       The extension and scope of this radical methodology not only to monoalcohols but also to
       diols and peralcohols derived from CDs will be discussed in this lecture.4

          References

       [1] a) Todres, Z. V. in Organic Chemistry in Confining Media, Springer, Switzerland, 2013. b) Dodziuk, H.
           Cyclodextrins and Their Complexes. Chemistry, Analytical Methods, Applications; Wiley-VCH: Weinheim,
           2006.
       [2] Guieu, S.; Sollogoub, M. Advances in Cyclodextrins Chemistry; Werz, D. B., Vidal, S. Eds.; Modern
           Synthetic Methods in Carbohydrate Chemistry: From Monosaccharides to Complex Glycoconjugates; Wiley-
           VCH, Weinheim, 2014.
       [3] Francisco, C. G.; Herrera, A. J.; Kennedy, A. R.; Martín, A.; Melián, D.; Pérez-Martín, I.; Quintanal, L. M.;
           Suárez, E. Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 10369−10381.
       [4] Alvarez Dorta, D.; León, E. I.; Kennedy, A. R.; Martín, A.; Pérez-Martín, I.; Suárez, E. Angew. Chem. Int.
           Ed. 2015, 54, 3674−3678.
                                                                                                                                	
  
	
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          Myeloperoxidase In Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and
                            Multiple Myeloma
       E.İlker Saygili,a Nur Aksoyb Mustafa Pehlivanc., Tugce Severd., Mehmet Yilmazc., Iclal
                               Geyikli Cimencib and Sacide Pehlivand
        a) Vocational School of Higher Education for Health Services, b) Department of Biochemistry, c)
         Department of Hematology, d) Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep
                           University, Gaziantep, Turkey e-mail: isaygili@sanko.edu.tr

                                         Assoc.Prof.Dr.E.İlker SAYGILI

                     University of SANKO, School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry.

The aim of this study was to investigate how myeloperoxidase (MPO) G-463A gene
polymorphism and enzyme levels varied among patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia
(CLL) and multiple myeloma (MM) and to find the relationship between the MPO gene,
enzyme levels, and clinical parameters. We studied the sera from 40 healthy volunteers,
patients with CLL (n,34) and MM (n,28). In subjects with homozygote GG genotype, MPO
levels were higher in the patients with both CLL and MM than in the control group. This
difference was statistically significant in patients with CLL. In conclusion, homozygote GG
genotype is found to be associated with an increasing amount of serum MPO. In accordance
with the results of the study, we assess that the increase in the MPO enzyme level in the
patient groups with CLL and MM generated bactericidal effects as well as the increased
formation of ROP, thus setting off a pro-cell death pathway and playing a role on the
pathogenesis of lymphoproliferative malignancies through this mechanism.1 HOCl, which is
formed by MPO in the presence of H2O2 not only causes physiological bactericidal effects in
neutrophiles but also causes formation of chlorohydrin and lysophospholipid by influencing
lipids.2 It was previously stated that formation of lysophospholipid may alter membrane
function and result in cell destruction.3 HOCl might form 5 chlorourasil by influencing DNA.
It was reported that 5 chlorourasil formation may be a marker of DNA damage.4 Harmful
effect of HOCl in target cell membrane is conducted by attacking membrane –SH or –NH2
groups and membrane denaturation occurs.

Keywords: Multiple myeloma, leukemia, myeloperoxidase, gene polymorphism
       References

[1] Saygili E.I.; Aksoy N.; Pehlivan M.; Sever T.; Yilmaz M.; Cimenci IG.; Pehlivan S. Enzyme Levels and G-
    463A polymorphism of myeloperoxidase in chronic lymphocytic leukemia and multiple myeloma. Leukemia
    & Lymphoma, 2009, 50 (12), 2030-2037.
[2]. Malle E, Marsche G, Arnhold J, Davies MJ. Modification of low-density lipoprotein by myeloperoxidase-
  derived oxidants and reagent hypochlorous acid. Biochim Biophys Acta 2006;1761:392–415.
[3]. Thukkani AK, Martinson BD, Albert CJ, Vogler GA, Ford DA. Neutrophil-mediated accumulation of 2-
  ClHDA during myocardial infarction: 2-ClHDA-mediated myocardial injury. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol
  2005; 288:2955–2964.
[4]. Malle E, Furtmuller PG, Sattler W, Obinger C. Myeloperoxidase: a target for new drug development? Br J
  Pharmacol 2007;152(6):838-854.
	
  
	
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                           a) 	
  	
  	
  	
                                                                                               	
  

	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
                                                                      	
  
                           b) 	
  
	
  
Figure 1: Agarose gel electrophoresis of MPO DNA fragments stained with ethidium bromide (fragment lengths
are given in bp. M: DNA size standart, ND: Non-digest PCR product. a) It’s given CLL patients sample;
1,2,4,6:GG, 3,5:GA, 7:AA. b) It’s given MM patients sample; 1-3,6,7:GG, 4,5:GA, 8:AA.

Comparison of G-463A polymorphism of the MPO gene between patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia,
multiple myeloma and control subjects.
	
  
Table	
  1:	
  
	
  
MPO	
  -­‐	
  463	
                                                MM	
                     CLL	
                    Healthy	
  Controls	
  	
  
                                                                                                                          OR*	
          %95	
  CI*	
                            p	
  
Genotypes	
                                                        n=28	
  (%)	
            n=34	
  (%)	
            n=40	
  (%)	
  
                                                                                                                     	
             	
                     	
  
GG	
                                                               18	
  	
  	
  (64)	
     11	
  	
  	
  (32)	
     26	
  	
  	
  (65)	
  
                                                                                                                     0.258a	
   0.098-­‐0.678	
  a	
       0.005	
  a	
  
                                                                                                                     0.969	
  b	
   0.353-­‐2.661	
  b	
   0.952	
  b	
  
GA	
                        9	
  	
  	
  	
  (32)	
      23	
  	
  	
  (68)	
           12	
  	
  	
  (30)	
         0.221a*	
   0.082-­‐0.595	
  a*	
     0.003	
  a*	
  
                                                                                                                     0.894b*	
   0.304-­‐2.635	
  b*	
     0.840	
  b*	
  
AA	
                        1	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  (4)	
   -­‐	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  (0)	
   2	
  	
  	
  	
  (5)	
  	
   0.950a	
   0.885-­‐1.020	
  a	
       0.186	
  a	
  
                                                                                                                     0.937b*	
   0.071-­‐12.348	
  b*	
    0.961	
  b*	
  
Allele	
                    	
                           	
                             	
                           	
             	
                     	
  
G	
                         45	
  	
  	
  (80)	
         45	
  	
  	
  (67)	
           64	
  	
  (80)	
             0.489a	
   0.233-­‐1.029	
  a	
       0.057	
  a	
  
A	
                         11	
  	
  	
  (20)	
         23	
  	
  	
  (33)	
           16	
  	
  (20)	
             1.023	
  b	
   0.434-­‐2.410	
  b	
   0.959	
  b	
  
MPO	
  levels	
             150	
  (110-­‐240)	
         191.5	
  (120-­‐256)	
         128	
  (100-­‐192)	
         	
             	
                     0.002	
  a,	
  &,	
  0.030	
  b,	
  &	
  
&,	
  median	
  test;	
  *, OR (95% CI) was adjusted by age and sex; a,	
  comparison	
  of	
  genotypes	
  frequencies	
  between	
  chronic	
  lymphocytic	
  

leukemia	
  and	
  healthy	
  control	
  groups;	
  	
  b,	
  comparison	
  of	
  genotypes	
  frequencies	
  between	
  multiple	
  myeloma	
  and	
  healthy	
  control	
  
groups;	
  CLL,	
  chronic	
  lymphocytic	
  leukemia;	
  MM,	
  multiple	
  myeloma	
  
	
  
Table	
  2:	
  	
  
	
  
	
  Association	
  between	
  polymorphisms	
  of	
  the	
  MPO	
  gene	
  and	
  MPO	
  levels	
  
MPO	
  -­‐	
  463	
                       MM	
                                          CLL	
                                             Healthy	
  Controls	
                             p&	
  
       Genotip	
                          na	
          MPO*	
  	
                      nb	
               MPO*	
                         nc	
           MPO*	
                             	
  
         GG	
                             18	
          175	
  (125-­‐240)	
            11	
               210	
  (120-­‐256)	
           26	
           123	
  (100-­‐192)	
               0.028	
  bd	
  
         GA	
                             9	
  	
       132	
  (110-­‐195)	
            23	
  	
           180	
  (120-­‐253)	
           12	
           129	
  (115-­‐190)	
               0.081	
  cd	
  
         AA	
                             1	
           123	
  (123-­‐123)	
            -­‐	
  	
  	
      -­‐	
                          2	
            146	
  (132-­‐160)	
               0.236	
  ad	
  
a,	
  n=28;	
  	
  b,	
  n=34;	
  	
  c,n=40;	
  *,	
  median	
  ng/mL;	
  p&,	
  median	
  test;	
  d,	
  MPO	
  enzyme	
  levels	
  compare	
  to	
  between	
  GG	
  genotype	
  and	
  GA	
  genotype;	
  

CLL,	
  chronic	
  lymphocytic	
  leukemia;	
  MM,	
  multiple	
  myeloma;	
  MPO,	
  myeloperoxidase	
  
	
  
	
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        Free Radical Damage to DNA: Mechanisms and Measurement
                                                Miral Dizdaroglu
       National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, MS8311, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899,
                                              USA; e-mail: miral@nist.gov

Endogenous and exogenous sources cause free radical-induced DNA damage in living
organisms by a variety of mechanisms. The highly reactive hydroxyl radical reacts with the
heterocyclic DNA bases and the sugar moiety near or at diffusion-controlled rates. Hydrated
electron and H atom also add to the heterocyclic bases. These reactions lead to adduct
radicals, further reactions of which yield numerous products. These include DNA base and
sugar products, single- and double-strand strand breaks, 8,5'-cyclopurine-2'-
deoxynucleosides, tandem lesions, clustered sites and DNA-protein cross-links. Reaction
conditions and the presence or absence of oxygen profoundly affect the types and yields of
the products. For thorough understanding of mechanisms, cellular repair and biological
consequences of DNA damage, accurate measurement of resulting products must be achieved.
There is mounting evidence for an important role of free radical-induced DNA damage in the
etiology of numerous diseases including cancer. Further elucidation of mechanisms of free
radical-induced DNA damage, and cellular repair and biological consequences of DNA
damage products will be of outmost importance for disease prevention and treatment.

	
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        Mechanisms of response to ionizing radiation from bacteria to
                       humans: A holistic approach
       Alexandros G. Georgakilasa, Zacharenia Nikitakia, Athanasia Pavlopouloub, Maria Loukac,
                Pantelis G. Bagosb, Ioannis Michalopoulosd, Constantinos E. Vorgiasc
a) Physics Department, School of Applied Mathematical and Physical Sciences, National Technical University
  of Athens (NTUA), Zografou 15780, Athens, Greece b) Department of Computer Science and Biomedical
   Informatics, University of Thessaly, Lamia 35100, Greece c) Department of Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Zografou Campus, 15701 Athens, Greece d) Centre
of Systems Biology, Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, 4 Soranou Efesiou, Athens11527,
                                      Greece. e-mail: alexg@mail.ntua.gr

Exposure to ionizing radiation (IR) as a genuine exogenous stress induces a variety of
responses in the cell initiated by the DNA damage response (DDR) and DNA repair,
apoptosis and inflammatory or immune response.1 Therefore, stimulation of this IR-
response (IRR) mega system especially at the organism level consists of several subsystems
and submechanisms and exerts a variety of targeted and non-targeted effects.2 In addition,
comparing certain aspects of these mechanisms in various organisms from bacteria to
humans brings up similarities and major differences. Based on the above, we believe that in
order to better understand this complicated response system one should follow a ‘holistic’
approach including all possible mechanisms and at all organism levels. The suggested task
is considered of high difficulty. In this presentation, we will first present experimental
evidence on how the mammalian cell or organism is expected to respond to complex DNA
damage induction i.e. the signature of IR and primary ‘danger signal’ and attempt its repair.
At second, we will discuss the extremities of this response i.e. the phenomena of
radiosensitivity and radioresistance in bacteria and human cells and insights gained by
applying bioinformatics. Last but not least and in the light of our recent work,3 we will
present novel suggestions for protein biomarkers involved in DDR/DNA repair and
inflammatory/immune response creating a protein network underlining the expected
crosstalk between these phenomenically distinct cellular pathways.

        References

[1] Nikitaki, Z.; Hellweg, C.; Georgakilas, A. G.; Ravanat, J. L. Front. Chem. 2015, 3, 35.
[2] Hatzi, V. I.; Laskaratou, D. A.; Mavragani, I. V.; Nikitaki, Z.; Mangelis, A.; Panayiotidis, M. I.; Pantelias, G.
E.; Terzoudi, G. I.; Georgakilas, A. G. Cancer Lett 2015, 356, 34.
[3] Georgakilas, A. G.; Pavlopoulou, A.; Louka, M.; Nikitaki, Z.; Vorgias, C. E.; Bagos, P. G.; Michalopoulos, I.
Cancer Lett. 2015, In press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canlet.2015.03.021.
	
  
	
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       Toward the Total Synthesis of Diketopiperazine Alkaloids Using
                        the Persistent Radical Effect
                                      Ullrich Jahna and Tynchtyk Amatova
       a) Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Flemingovo
                           namesti 2, 16610 Prague 6, Czech Republic; e-mail: jahn@uochb.cas.cz

Diketopiperazine alkaloids are a diverse class of alkaloids with wide-ranging biological
activities.1 Although a number of strategies for their synthesis have been developed over the
years, many of them are limited in their applicability.2

We report here an efficient general approach to diverse structural motifs of bridged
diketopiperazines. The key to generate the required structural diversity are stable
diketopiperazine alkoxyamines, which are convenient precursors for thermal radical
cyclizations employing the persistent radical effect.3 Applications toward the total synthesis
of naturally occurring alkaloids and medicinally interesting scaffolds are outlined.

         References

[1] Review: Gonzalez, J. F.; Ortin, I.; de la Cuesta, E.; Menendez, J. C. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2012, 41, 6902-6915.
[2] Review: Miller, K. A.; Williams, R. M. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2009, 38, 3160-3174.
[3] Review: Studer, A. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2004, 33, 267-273.

	
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          Transient spectroscopic studies of enantiomerically-resolved
          intercalating photo-oxidising ruthenium dipyridophenazine
               (dppz) complexes bound to defined sequence DNA
       Páraic M. Keane,a Fergus E. Poynton,a James A. Hall,b Greg M. Greetham,c Ian P. Clark, c
        Igor V. Sazanovich,c Michael Towrie,c Christine J. Cardin,b Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson,a
                         Susan J. Quinn d, Conor Long e and John M. Kelly a
                                       e-mail: jmkelly@tcd.ie
                             a) School of Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland;
                       b) Department of Chemistry, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AD, UK;
       c) Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, Science & Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford
                        Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK OX11 0QX;
               d) School of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland;
                              e) School of Chemistry, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland

1,4,5,8-tetraphenanthrene (TAP) such as [Ru(TAP)2(dppz)]2+ (dppz = dipyrido[3,2-a:2’,3’-c]
-phenazine) are known to sensitise the photo-oxidation of DNA. Like its 1,10-
phenanthroline analogue [Ru(TAP)2(dppz)]2+ intercalates into DNA, as is confirmed by our
recent high resolution X-Ray crystal structures.[1] Using the same defined sequence nucleic
acids as used for the crystal studies, we have carried out complementary time-resolved mid-
infra-red (TRIR) and visible spectroscopic measurements which provide new insights into the
nature and the reactivity of the excited states and their interactions at particular binding
sites.[2] The subsequent reactions of the reduced photosensitiser and the one-electron oxidised
guanine are readily monitored.

Acknowledgements. This work has been partially funded by the BBSRC (Grant No. BB/K
019279/1) and the Royal Irish Academy/Royal Society. Access to the CLF Ultrafast
laboratory was funded through EU FP7 (Appl. No 12240002) and Appl. No. 13230023.

    References
 [1]. (a) Hall, J. P et al. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci., 2011, 108, 17610-17614; (b) Niyazi, H et al. Nature
Chemistry, 2012, 3, 621-628; (c) Hall, J. P et al. J.Am.Chem.Soc., 2013, 135, 12652-12659; (d) Hall, J. P et
al. J.Am.Chem.Soc., 2014, 136, 17505−17512
[2]. (a) Elias, B. et al. Chemistry – Eur. J., 2008, 14, 369-375; (b) Keane, P.M et al. J. Phys. Chem. Lett,
2015, 6, 734-738.           (c) Keane, P.M et al. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015,                      54(29),
DOI:10.1002/anie.201502608

	
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         Click nucleic acid ligation: Chemistry and applications
                                               Tom Brown
              Department of Chemistry University of Oxford. email: tom.brown@chem.ox.ac.uk

Click ligation utilizes the copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC reaction). It
is an efficient method of joining together DNA and RNA strands and has been used for the
synthesis of cyclic oligonucleotides,1-3 oligonucleotide catenanes,2 very stable cyclic mini-
duplexes, 1 duplexes that are linked across the major groove,4 covalently fixed DNA
nanoconstructs5 and large RNA constructs.6 The method produces an unnatural DNA
backbone linkage that can be varied by changing the structures of the participating alkyne and
azide.7 Careful design produced a biocompatible DNA backbone (Figure 1) that can be read
through by DNA8 and RNA polymerases.9 A high-resolution NMR study revealed that the
linkage in Figure 1B is accommodated in a B-DNA helix with minor distortion.10 This
methodology has recently been used to characterise a new form of stretched DNA.11 Copper-
free click DNA strand ligation and crosslinking can also be carried out if strained cyclooctyne
analogues are used (Figure 2).12 This method has the advantage of being potentially valuable
for in vivo applications as it does not require metal ion catalysis. Recent developments in this
field will be discussed.
	
  
Figure 1. First generation triazole DNA (A), biocompatible linkage (B) and normal DNA (C).
Figure 2. (A) The ring strain promoted alkyne-azide cycloaddition reaction (SPAAC reaction) for click DNA
ligation between azide and cyclooctyne-labeled oligonucleotides and (B) Chemical structure of DIBO triazole at
the ligation point.

References

[1] A. H. El-Sagheer, R. Kumar, S. Findlow, J. M. Werner, A. N. Lane and T. Brown, Chembiochem 2008, 9,
50-52.
[2] R. Kumar, A. H. El-Sagheer, J. Tumpane, P. Lincoln, L. M. Wilhelmsson and T. Brown, J. Am. Chem. Soc.
2007, 129, 6859-6864.
[3] A. H. El-Sagheer and T. Brown, Int. J. Peptide Res.Therapeut. 2008, 14, 367-372.
[4] P. Kocalka, A. H. El-Sagheer and T. Brown, Chembiochem 2008, 9, 1280-1285.
[5] E. P. Lundberg, A. H. El-Sagheer, P. Kocalka, L. M. Wilhelmsson, T. Brown and B. Norden, Chem.
Commun. 2010, 46, 3714-3716.
[6] A. H. El-Sagheer and T. Brown, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 2010, 107, 15329-15334.
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108, 11338–11343.
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Chemistry - A European Journal 2011, 17, 14714-14717.
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                    Understanding antioxidant properties of natural
                     compounds (polyphenols) at an atomistic-scale
Patrick Trouillasa,b, Gabin Fabre, Michal Biler, Tahani Ossman, and Benjamin Chantemargue,
       a) 1 INSERM-S850, School of Pharmacy, Université de Limoges, Limoges, France b) Regional Centre of
             Advanced Technologies and Materials, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic; e-mail:
                                           patrick.trouillas@unilim.fr

Quantum calculations (mainly DFT) and molecular dynamics simulations are increasingly
effective tools to evaluate the physical chemical properties of antioxidants.

Free Radical Scavenging Capacity.1 Thermodynamic parameters (mainly O-H phenolic bond
dissociation enthalpies, BDE) allowed an accurate prediction of the antioxidant capacity of
natural polyphenols. Based on the Transition State and the Marcus theories (for atom- and
electron-transfers, respectively), kinetics was also evaluated providing a better prediction of
the antioxidant behavior in solution or in the organism. Further oxidative reactions following
the primary redox event were also studied for flavonoids and stilbenoids, which figure out
part of the pro-oxidant effects.

Interaction with Lipid Bilayer Membranes.2 Membrane penetration / accumulation / crossing /
positioning play a crucial role in antioxidant delivery, metabolism and action in the human
body. Over the past decade, in silico membrane models and MD simulations have appeared
much promising, complementary to experimental measurements, to predict antioxidant-
membrane interaction. Theoretical MD simulations have been performed to provide an
accurate picture of the intermolecular interaction between antioxidants and lipid bilayer
membranes, thus predicting location, orientation and partitioning.

We really aim at using advanced molecular modeling methods for an applicative purpose to
e.g., cosmetic industries. The predictive character of these methods allows building molecular
guidelines for a better and safer use of antioxidants.

       References

[1] a) Trouillas, P. et al. Food Chem, 2006, 97, 679; b) Kozlowski, D. et al. J Phys Chem A, 2007, 111, 1138; c)
    Kozlowski, D. et al. Radiat Res, 2007, 168, 243; d) Trouillas, P. et al. J Phys Chem A, 2008, 112, 1054; e)
    Anouar, E. et al. PCCP, 2009, 11, 7659; f) Calliste, C.A. et al. Food Chem., 2010, 118, 489; g) Anouar, E. et
    al. J.Phys.Chem. A 2009, 113, 13881; h) Košinová, P. et al. Int.J.Quant.Chem., 2011, 111, 1131; i) Velu, S.
    et al. J Nat Prod, 2013, 76(4), 538; j) Di Meo, F. et al. J Phys Chem A, 2013, 117, 2082; k) Košinová, P. et
    al. ChemPhysChem, 2011, 12(6), 1135; l) Zatloukalová, M. et al. Bioelectrochem, 2011, 82, 117; m) Gazák,
    R. et al. Tetrahedron Lett, 2013, 54, 315; n) Anouar, E. et al. J Comput Aided Mol Design, 2013, 27, 951; o)
    Vacek, J. et al. Chemico-Biological Interactions, 2013, 205, 173-180; p) Ponomarenko, J. et al.
    Phytochemistry, 2014, 103, 178; q) Bayach, I. et al. Chemistry: An Asian Journal, 2015, 10(1), 198-211.
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    117(17), 5043; c) Paloncýová, M. et al. JCTC, 2014, 10(9), 4143; d) Fabre, G. et al. Chemical
    Communications, 2015, 51, 7713.

	
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       Cell-based- and kinetic analyses of the modulation of the
        intrinsic activity of glucose transporter-4 by the non-
        metabolisable glucose analogue 3-O-methyl-D-glucose
                                            Shlomo Sasson

        Institute for Drug Research, Dept. of Pharmacology, The Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine,
                             Jerusalem, Israel; e-mail: shlomo.sasson@mail.huji.ac.il

Type-2 diabetes is a serious health problem affecting over 200 million people worldwide. The
prevalence of the disease is increasing, particularly among youth and young adults, in parallel
with the continuing rise in obesity and is expected to affect 300 million people by year of
2020. The cost of treating diabetes complications imposes a tremendous burden on healthcare
resources, and there has been limited success in achieving the treatment targets, which are
clearly associated with reduced risks of complications and mortality. Most Type-2 diabetic
patients that fail to normalize their blood glucose levels by a proper diet and adequate
physical activity are usually treated with different types of oral anti-hyperglycemic drugs.
These drugs act primarily on pancreatic beta cells to increase and/or potentiate insulin
secretion or to augment peripheral insulin sensitivity, primarily in skeletal muscles and the
liver. In many cases these drugs progressively become ineffective due to the deterioration of
beta cells function and mass and/or the development of severe peripheral insulin resistance.
The majority of these patients therefore resort to insulin treatment by injections, like in Type-
1 diabetes. We have recently discovered that the non-metabolisable glucose analogue, 3-O-
methy-D-glucose (MeGlc), increases the rate of glucose uptake in skeletal muscle cells by
augmenting the intrinsic activity of glucose transporter-4 (GLUT-4). Hitherto no other
carbohydrates that can allosterically augment the intrinsic activity of the transporter have been
reported. In the course of our study we have developed a simple kinetic analysis that provides
an effective platform for screening and discovering allosteric modulators of GLUT-4. This
method measures the impact of an allosteric modulator (e.g., MeGlc) on the competitive
inhibitory kinetics of indinavir, a GLUT-4 inhibitor, using hexose transport assays in cultured
myotubes. We believe that these findings and method of analysis can become useful for the
design, synthesis and screening of novel MeGlc derivatives that can allosterically increase the
intrinsic activity of GLUT-4, and further for the development a novel class of
antihyperglycaemic drugs.

	
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            Recent Advances in Visible-Light Photoredox Catalysis
               From Organic Synthesis to Polymer Chemistry
                                                  Cyril Ollivier
       Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire (UMR CNRS 8232), Sorbonne Universités UPMC Univ Paris 06,
                       4 Place Jussieu, C. 229, 75005 Paris, France; e-mail: cyril.ollivier@upmc.fr

Nowdays, visible-light photoredox catalysis has emerged as a valuable and efficient tool for
the generation of radicals by single electron transfer reactions from an appropriate
photocatalyst that absorbs light in the visible region in a greener way.1 Since the pioneering
studies of Kellogg and Deronzier, important contributions have been reported for synthetic
purposes. In this context, we investigated various radical transformations involving
photoreduction of ketoepoxides, ketoaziridines,2 onium salts3-4 and O-thiocarbamates5 and
photooxidation of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds.6

The use of visible-light photoredox catalysis had a tremendous impact not only in organic
chemistry, but also in polymer chemistry. Quite recently, reactive systems exploiting the
redox properties of copper and iridium catalysts in the presence of light have been developed.
In this field, we report here the first gold-catalyzed photoATRP process of methacrylates and
acrylates.7

       References

[1] For general reviews on photoredox catalysis in organic synthesis, see: (a) Narayanam, M. R.; Stephenson, C.
    R. J. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2011, 40, 102. (b) Teplý, F. Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 2011, 76, 859. (c) Tucker,
    J. W.; Stephenson, C. R. J. J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 1617. (d) Xuan, J.; Xiao, W.-J. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
    2012, 51, 6828. (e) Prier, C.K.; Rankic, D. A.; MacMillan D. W. C. Chem. Rev. 2013, 113, 5322.
[2] Larraufie, M.-L.; Pellet, R.; Fensterbank, L.; Goddard, J.-P.; Lacôte, E.; Malacria, M.; Ollivier, C. Angew.
    Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 4463.
[3] Donck, S.; Baroudi, A.; Fensterbank, L.; Goddard, J.-P.; Ollivier, C. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 1477.
[4] Baralle, A.; Fensterbank, L.; Goddard, J.-P.; Ollivier, C. Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 10809.
[5] Chenneberg, L.; Baralle, A.; Daniel, M.; Fensterbank, L.; Goddard, J.-P.; Ollivier, C. Adv. Synth. Catal.
    2014, 356, 2756.
[6] Daniel, M.; Fensterbank, L.; Goddard, J.-P.; Ollivier, C. Org. Chem. Front. 2014, 1, 551.
[7] Nzulu, F.; Telitel, S.; Stoffelbach, F.; Graff, B.; Morlet-Savary, F.; Lalevée, J.; Fensterbank, L.; Goddard, J.-
    P.; Ollivier, C. Polym. Chem. 2015, DOI: 10.1039/C5PY00435G.

	
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              Diastereomeric 5′,8-cyclo-2′-deoxypurines: brief overview of
              synthetic strategies, modeling and in vitro biological activity
                               Annalisa Masia and Chryssostomos Chatgilialoglua, b
                 a) ISOF, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy; b) Institute of
                  Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, N.C.S.R. “Demokritos”, 15341 Agia Paraskevi, Athens, Greece;
                                                  e-mail: annalisa.masi@isof.cnr.it

5′,8-cyclo-2′-deoxypurines (cdPus) are typical DNA lesions resulting from endogenous and
environmental free radical stress. The interest in these lesions is connected with the
mechanism of their formation due to the HO• attack at the H5′ atom of the 2-deoxyribose
moiety, followed by intramolecular cyclization between C5′-C8 bond and subsequent
oxidation of the resulting N7-radical.1,2 Two diastereomeric cdPus are formed in the 5′R and
5′S forms (Fig.1).

The two diastereomeric forms are repaired by nucleotide excision repair (NER) with different
efficiency, the 5′R isomer being 2 times more efficiently repaired than the 5′S isomer.
Molecular dynamics simulation elucidated that 5′R diastereoisomeric forms cause greater
DNA backbone distortions than the 5′S diastereomers, thus theoretically supporting a different
efficiency of NER3 mechanism. We recently discovered that DNA polymerase β (pol β) has
different behavior with 5′R-cdA lesion (efficiently bypassed) than 5′S-cdA (inefficiently
bypassed) during DNA replication and base excision repair (BER),4,5 highlighting that the
nature of the DNA lesion can play a crucial role in biological processes.
	
  
The diastereoisomeric 5′S- and 5′R-cdPus lesions are discussed in terms of differences in:

         i.     Synthetic strategy and automated synthesis efficiency.
        ii.     Physical-chemical properties (MD simulations, NMR, Melting Temperature)
       iii.     Biological Activity in vitro

   References
[1] Chatgilialoglu, C.;Ferreri, C.; Terzidis, M.A. Chem.Soc.Rev. 2011, 40, 1153.
[2] Boussicault, F.; Kaloudis, P.; Caminal, C.; Mulazzani, Q. G.; Chatgilialoglu C. J. Am Chem. Soc. 2008, 130,
    8377.
[3] Kropachev, K.; Ding, S.; Terzidis, M.A.; Masi, A.; Liu, Z.; Cai, Y.; Kolbanovskiy, M.; Chatgilialoglu, C.;
    Broyde, S.; Nicholas E. Geacintov, N.E.; Shafirovich, V. Nucleic Acids Research, 2014, 42, 5020.
[4] Xu, M.; Lai, Y.; Jiang, Z.; Terzidis, M.A.; Masi, A.; Chatgilialoglu, C.; Liu, Y. Nucleic Acids Research,
    2014. 42,13749
[5] Jiang, Z.; Xu, M.; Lai, Y.; Laverde, E.E.; Terzidis, M.A.; Masi, A.; Chatgilialoglu, C.; Liu, Y. DNA Repair,
    2015, 33, 24.

	
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